Justice

Goal:

To promote an awareness of our Christian responsibility to work for justice, peace and the integrity of creation locally and in the wider world.

Objectives:

1. Promote awareness of Catholic Social Teaching;
2. Work towards a sustainable global environment by promoting care for creation;
3. Create awareness of and respond to issues of exclusion and poverty locally, nationally                                       and in the wider world;
4. Increase awareness and understanding of issues of migration;
5. Welcome and promote the integration of those of other nationalities.

Key Outcomes

• Documentation and resources on Catholic Social Teaching available on diocesan website;
• Promotion of actions for a sustainable global environment;
• Promotion of the work of Trócaire and the Pontifical Mission Societies;
• Networking with agencies and organisations tackling exclusion and poverty;
• Promotion of strategies to tackle exclusion and poverty;
• Racism and discrimination challenged at parish and diocesan level;
• Solidarity with migrants;
• Respect for people of other faiths and cultures.